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>     Have you looked for them? The only really reliable  way of telling how
>many queens you have is by eyeball.
>     Robert Brenchley

Of course, I realize this. I too have found multiple queens in my
colonies...8 out of fifty in colonies I was requeening this July. The
colony I was speaking of above I never checked. I was only trying to
explain...to myself...why this colony was so strong with so many frames of
brood at such an early time of the year. I may be wrong, but multiple
queens seemed the best explanation.

Mike